Take a look at these cool homemade Rock and Mountain Climbing cakes shared with us by cake decorators from around the world. Along with the birthday cakes here, you’ll also find loads DIY birthday cake-making ideas and how-to tips to inspire your next birthday cake project. Enjoy!
I browsed through a lot of sports theme cakes until I came up with this climbing cake. Not your typical cake – but they ate it up! This was a birthday at a rock-climbing place. I used cocoa rice krispie treats, and left them a bit bumpy to imitate the rock wall. Then I used … Read more
A friend of mine is going to face an extremely tough challenge in September 2013. She is going to climb the Kilimanjaro mountain in order to raise funds for charity. It’s a really noble cause so I wanted to make her a special cake for her 30th birthday. I baked 5 round cakes and all … Read more
This rock climbing cake is a 3-layered chocolate cake coated with Swiss Meringue butter cream. I used a 9-inch round pan and a 4×4-inch square pan. The square piece is cut into 2 parts for stacking later on. For more height, I decided to cut each piece horizontally for layering and used a caramel filling … Read more
Yes, another employee’s birthday coming up. What kind of cake should I make? Well, he is very athletic as in hiking and running marathons. Do you know how hard it is to find a little hiking man for a cake? Well, I couldn’t find one so a mountain cake it is. I made 4 tiers … Read more
For this rock-climbing cake you bake a round cake and then you take 2 packages of Oreos and grind them all up and mix white frosting with it. Then let the cake cool. Take donuts and put them on to make rocks. Then put the frosting over the cake. Take licorice and Lego people and tie the licorice around the … Read more
“Dad, I’d like you to make me a rock climbing cake for my birthday” said my 6 year old son and the game was afoot. What has become a tradition since it began a couple years back is slow turning into an mission. How big, how intricate, how creative, how far can I go? At … Read more
Don’t you hate it when someone’s favorite flavor is German Chocolate? Probably the ugliest combination of frosting on cake that I’ve ever seen. Fortunately, the recipient of this cake is also a rock climber and pecan/coconut frosting looks pretty rocky. I found the idea for this rock climber cake right here on this very website! … Read more
This Climbing Wall birthday cake was made for my 10 year old son’s birthday. I made a rectangle cake, covered it in white icing. I then used colouing to paint gray. The climbing holds are smarties. Icing was used to create the climber. Easier than you may think. I used red liquorish string for the … Read more
Here’s a climbing wall cake I made for my friend’s 2 girls who were having a climbing wall party. The cake is a chocolate and vanilla marble cake which I made in a large square cake tin – approx 30cm x 30cm. I cut the cake into quarters and sandwiched together with chocolate butter cream … Read more
I got the idea for this Quickest Climbing Wall Cake from another cake on the website – MANY THANKS! to Anna D, York UK. Needed to make something fairly quickly for grandson’s 13th birthday, my daughter’s oven broke! I made a large base, using 3 8″x8″ sponges, cut one in two to make a 12″x8″ … Read more
This Rock Climbing Cake was my very first attempt at sculpting a cake. No previous experience with creative cake making or decorating classes. For my son’s seventh birthday we were taking him to a local rock climbing gym in Baltimore. So, I had a last minute idea that came to me in a dream. The … Read more
So I planned a birthday party for my boyfriend [age 29 :-)], at the local rock climbing gym. Of, course, I immediately knew what cake I would bake/decorate. I started out baking peanut butter cake: 2-9 inch squares and 1-9 inch circle. The glue for the cake layers was peanut chocolate ganache. Normally I wouldn’t … Read more